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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{For|the American architect|Edward M. Hackett}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1840|07|06}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|12|23|1840|07|06}}
| image = EdwardHackett23.jpg
| birth_place = [[Tignish, Prince Edward Island|Tignish]], [[Prince Edward Island]], Canada
| office = Member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[West Prince]]
| term = {{Plainlist|
* 1896–1897
* 1900–1904
}}
| party = [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]
| term2 = 1878–1887
| office3 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island]] for [[1st Prince]]
| term3 = 1876–1878
| riding2 = West Prince
| office2 = Member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[Prince County]]
}}
'''Edward Hackett''' (July 6, 1840 &ndash; December 23, 1916) was a merchant and political figure in [[Prince Edward Island]]. He represented [[1st Prince]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island]] from 1876 to 1878. He subsequently served in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], representing [[Prince County (electoral district)|Prince County]] from 1878 to 1887, and [[West Prince]] from 1896 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904. He was a [[Liberal-Conservative]] member.

He was born in [[Tignish, Prince Edward Island]], the son of Thomas Hackett and Ellen Condon, immigrants from Ireland. He was first employed as a bookkeeper for a store before opening his own business in 1864, also entering the fish trade. In 1860, he married Hannah Maria Fitzgibbon. He served as justice of the peace for [[Prince County, Prince Edward Island|Prince County]] from 1872 to 1876. Hackett was defeated in bids for reelection to the House of Commons in 1887, 1897 and 1898.

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== References ==
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* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10494}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08546/754 |page=740 |title=The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men |year=1881 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |volume=Quebec and the Maritime Provinces |location=Toronto}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32953/177 |page=175 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1879 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}}

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[[Category:Canadian justices of the peace]]
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